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Doing Good or the Kindness of Strangers Category—Silver Winner: Red-Faced in the Red Light District

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

by Jeff Vize
Charlotte and I arrived in Istanbul in the throes of the longest day of our lives. A day earlier, we had woken in Sri Lanka at 5 a.m., flown into Dubai at 11 a.m., and spent the better part of sixteen hours wandering through the city. Our flight to Turkey had departed at [...]

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Doing Good or the Kindness of Strangers Category—Gold Winner: True Relic

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

by Mary Beth Ray
I walked to the Duomo early in the morning to watch people for a while. I was glad to be able to set my own pace. That’s one of the reasons I travel alone. Today the pace would be measured. But for a few Japanese tourists doing the pigeon [...]

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